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Darcy, aftr nqurng of hr ho Mr. and Mrs. Gardnr dd, a quston hch sh could not ansr thout confuson, sad scarcly anythng. H as not satd y hr; prhaps that as th rason of hs slnc; ut t had not n so n Dryshr. Thr h had talkd to hr frnds,hn h could not to hrslf. But no svral nuts lapsd thout rngng th sound of hs voc;and hn occasonally,unal to rsst th puls of curosty,sh rasd hr ys to hs fac,sh as oftn found h lookng at Jan as at hrslf,and frquntly on no ojct ut th ground. Mor thoughtfulnss and lss anxty to plas, than hn thy last t,r planly xprssd.Sh as dsappontd, and angry th hrslf for ng so.

“Could I xpct t to othrs!”sad sh.“Yt hy dd h co?”

Sh as n no huour for convrsaton th anyon ut hslf;and to h sh had hardly courag to spak.

Sh nqurd aftr hs sstr,ut could do no or.

“It s a long t,Mr.Bngly,snc you nt aay,”sad Mrs. Bnnt.

H radly agrd to t.

“I gan to afrad you ould nvr co ack agan.Popl dd say you ant to qut th plac ntrly at Mchalas;ut, hovr, I hop t s not tru.A grat any changs hav happnd n th nghourhood,snc you nt aay.Mss Lucas s arrd and sttld.And on of y on daughtrs.I suppos you hav hard of t;ndd,you ust hav sn t n th paprs. It as n Th Ts and Th Courr,I kno;though t as not put n as t ought to .It as only sad,'Latly,Gorg Wckha, Esq.to Mss Lyda Bnnt,'thout thr ng a syllal sad of hr fathr, or th plac hr sh lvd, or anythng. It as y rothr Gardnr's drang up too,and I ondr ho h ca to ak such an akard usnss of t.Dd you s t?”

Bngly rpld that h dd, and ad hs congratulatons. Elzath dard not lft up hr ys. Ho Mr. Darcy lookd, thrfor,sh could not tll.

“It s a dlghtful thng, to sur, to hav a daughtr ll arrd,”contnud hr othr,“ut at th sa t, Mr.Bngly, t s vry hard to hav hr takn such a ay fro . Thy ar gon don to Ncastl, a plac qut northard, t ss,and thr thy ar to stay,I do not kno ho long.Hs rgnt s thr; for I suppos you hav hard of hs lavng th—shr, and of hs ng gon nto th rgulars. Thank Havn!h has so frnds,though prhaps not so any as h dsrvs.”